Chapter 31

It’s magical, the way the rain patters down on my heated flesh, cooling me and providing me with even the tiniest amount of comfort. Blossom looks like she is sobbing, crying out something I can’t quite comprehend. My body jostles as I blink, unable to feel anything, my body numb as I focus on her. She tries to move toward me, but someone pulls her back, dragging her away.

A glint of something metallic catches light from somewhere and my wolf perks up. My ears ring as my body jostles again and I’m forced onto my back, staring up at the grey dark sky that unleashes its wrath. I realize the light is lightning violently cracking like a whip across the clouds. The ground rumbles beneath me and I look for Blossom once more.

Elliot stalks toward her, knife in hand. The sound of rushing water and grumbling thunder come rushing back into my ears and I gasp out as pain explodes through my body. No longer numb to what they have been doing to my back.

I force my wolf to stop healing, to focus